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• UK’s richest can boost climate action but need to cut outsized emissions – study

  05-03-2025 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Study finds wealthy have larger carbon footprints but are uniquely positioned to have positive effectsBetter-off Britons are well placed to accelerate the transition towards low-carbon technologies, but only if they are prepared to curb their excessive consumption to lower their outsized carbon footprints, a study has found.Researchers found people from the richest 10% in the UK were more likely to invest in electric vehicles, heat pumps and other clean energy alternatives, and were more likely
  
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• First beavers from Scotland released in England

  05-03-2025 19:04 via bbc.com
  
  Beavers captured from Scotland are released into the wild in England for the first time.
  
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• ‘I feel real hope’: historic beaver release marks conservation milestone in England

  05-03-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Four beavers were legally released at Purbeck Heath in Dorset in what experts say is a huge step for national nature recoveryWhy are beavers being released into England’s rivers? What you need to knowThe sun was shining, people were gingerly paddling in the sea and dogs were being walked up and down the coast – a typical day on the beautiful Dorset coast. But the beachgoers probably didn’t know that just a few minutes inland, history was being made.On Wednesday, at the National
  
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• The fact that humans can only survive on Earth doesn’t bother Trump – and I know why | George Monbiot

  05-03-2025 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  He is surrounded by people who have grandiose plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga projectIn thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their minions, I keep bumping into a horrible suspicion. Could it be that this is not just about delivering the world to oligarchs and corporations – not just about wringing as much profit from living systems as they can? Could it be that they want to see the destructio
  
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• Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices | Arwa Mahdawi

  05-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriouslyIf you want to stir up online controversy, wooden spoons are the perfect tool with which to do so. Every few years, influencers go viral with warnings about how the wooden spoons in your kitchen are covered in disgusting gunk and if you don’t boil them immediately you will poison yourself and everyone you love.In 2023, for example, a woman called Lulaboo Jenkins posted a TikTok video of her
  
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• Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws

  05-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculatorsRead more: Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bnFinancial speculators are investing in a growing number of lawsuits against governments over environmental laws and other regulations that affect profits, often generating lucrative awards, the Guardian has found.For a long ti
  
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• Fast-growing duckweed can go from garden menace to nutritional dish

  05-03-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The plant multiplies quickly, is rich in vitamins, and eaten across Asia. Why isn’t it on supermarket shelves?In the summer sun, duckweed (Wolffia globosa) can be a menace. It grows so fast it covers a pond in a few days, blocking out the light for the life below. But it is this ability to multiply and its high nutritional value that has made it a potentially valuable food.Although commonly eaten in Asia, where varieties of duckweed are also known as water lentils or watermeal, it has take
  
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• Country diary: The circle of life, otter-style, during a watery week on the downs | Nicola Chester

  05-03-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Inkpen, West Berkshire: After the tragedy of finding and reporting a dead adolescent otter, good news arrives of a live one nearby I think of our downland village as a dry place. One that sheds and percolates water away through underground chalk aquifers. There are little lacy streams and a narrow winterbourne, and if I look to history, there were mills. But it takes a week, bookended by a large riverine mammal, to change my perception.On a damp Friday night, I receive a
  
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• Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

  05-03-2025 06:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisisHalf of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed.The researchers said the 2023 data strengthened the case for holding fossil fuel companies to account for their contribution to global heating. Previous versions of the annual report have been used in legal cases against companies and investors. Continue
  
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• Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn

  05-03-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it losesRead more: Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green lawsFrom the iceberg-filled bay, the mountains above the town of Narsaq, in south-west Greenland, appear unremarkable. In the September warmth, clumps of grass cling to the smooth, grey peaks shaped over centuries by an enormous ice cap that lurks behind the fjords on the horizon.Brightly
  
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• World’s biggest iceberg runs aground after long journey from Antarctica

  05-03-2025 05:16 via theguardian.com
  Scientists are studying whether the grounded A23a iceberg might help stir nutrients and make food more available for penguins and sealsThe world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km (43 miles) from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said Tuesday.The colossal iceberg A23a – which measures roughly 3,300 sq km and weighs nearly 1tn tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica t
  
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• World’s biggest iceberg runs aground after a near-40-year journey from Antarctica

  05-03-2025 05:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists are studying whether the grounded A23a iceberg might help stir nutrients and make food more available for penguins and sealsThe world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km (43 miles) from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said Tuesday.The colossal iceberg A23a – which measures roughly 3,300 sq km and weighs nearly 1tn tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica t
  
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